Central Florida Veterans' Memorial planned for Lake Nona

RLF Architects of Orlando

This rendering released on Friday, April 19, 2013 shows the Central Florida Veteran¿s Memorial Park that is being buit next to the VA Medical Center under sontruction at Lake Nona. The Veterans Memorial Park will give visitors a view of the structures representing each war, while overlooking a tranquil lake, a short walk to the campus chapel, nursing home and assisted living facility. The Memorial will be a peaceful place for patients, families and friends to heal, pray, relax, reflect and connect with their loved ones. (RLF Architects of Orlando).

This rendering released on Friday, April 19, 2013 shows the Central Florida Veteran¿s Memorial Park that is being buit next to the VA Medical Center under sontruction at Lake Nona. The Veterans Memorial Park will give visitors a view of the structures representing each war, while overlooking a tranquil lake, a short walk to the campus chapel, nursing home and assisted living facility. The Memorial will be a peaceful place for patients, families and friends to heal, pray, relax, reflect and connect with their loved ones. (RLF Architects of Orlando). (RLF Architects of Orlando)

Tom BurtonOrlando Sentinel

Central Florida Veterans' Memorial being built next to VA Medical Center

A memorial park honoring Central Florida veterans is being built next to the Orlando VA Medical Center under construction at the Lake Nona Medical City complex. Organizers say the park will be the only memorial park in the nation adjacent to a Veteran’s Administration hospital.

A groundbreaking ceremony last Friday marked start of the construction of the memorial that will cover an acre near the hospital. The memorial will honor more than 1,100 veterans from six Central Florida counties who have been killed in action since World War I.

Designed by RLF Architects of Orlando, the park is intended to be a “peaceful place for patients, families and friends to heal, pray, relax reflect and connect with their loved ones.”

The $4.3 million project is scheduled to be finished by Veterans Day this year.